http://www.talkingmatters.org.nz/blog/ The latest Blog feeds from www.talkingmatters.org.nz en-us Sun, 08 Mar 2026 14:04:37 +1300 Rocketspark http://www.talkingmatters.org.nz/blog/post/158003/talking-tips-for-responsive-interactions/ ... Sat, 01 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.talkingmatters.org.nz/blog/#post158003 http://www.talkingmatters.org.nz/blog/post/158004/reading-with-pepi/ ... Fri, 28 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.talkingmatters.org.nz/blog/#post158004 http://www.talkingmatters.org.nz/blog/post/143048/navigating-towards-your-language-goals/ The early years landscape is highly complex with a lot of moving parts and the process of practice change is not straightforward and certainly not linear.  Talking Matters draws on an indigenous navigation framework – Hautū Waka – to plan, track and reflect on our journey with our partners.  For an initial understanding of the framework, its whakapapa and its core components, check out this resource.... Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.talkingmatters.org.nz/blog/#post143048 http://www.talkingmatters.org.nz/blog/post/136147/the-talanoa-principles/ The Talanoa Principles, were developed by Ina Fautua and her mother, in partnership with Talking Matters. They are rooted in the Samoan understanding of the Va, which shapes how Samoans, relate to and connect with each other.“Va is the space between, the betweenness—not an empty space that separates, but a space that connects, holding separate entities and things together in the Unity-that-is-All. It is the space that provides context, giving meaning to things. These meanings shift as relati... Tue, 15 Oct 2024 15:54:33 +1300 http://www.talkingmatters.org.nz/blog/#post136147 http://www.talkingmatters.org.nz/blog/post/127524/myths-and-facts-about-bilingualism/ Download this printable resource on Myths and Facts about Bilingualism... Thu, 25 Apr 2024 16:43:42 +1200 http://www.talkingmatters.org.nz/blog/#post127524 http://www.talkingmatters.org.nz/blog/post/127195/building-language-rich-environments-jilly-tyler/ In a recent episode of the Purposely Podcast, we had the pleasure of hosting Jilly Tyler, CEO of Talking Matters New Zealand, where we posed the fundamental question: "Why does talking matter?"... Thu, 28 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.talkingmatters.org.nz/blog/#post127195 http://www.talkingmatters.org.nz/blog/post/127522/its-never-too-early-to-start-learning-te-reo-maori/ Download this printable resource... Tue, 18 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.talkingmatters.org.nz/blog/#post127522 http://www.talkingmatters.org.nz/blog/post/95264/i-can-reach-anything/ Life can be tough as a māmā, for some more than others. Despite the challenges, they want their tamariki to have it better than they got.Treens and Willow were on the Talking Matters kaupapa during their time at Granger Grove - Anglican Trust for Women and Children. With Willow now thriving at school, Treens is back at the Grove supporting mums to build strong connections with their tamariki through kōrero.... Wed, 07 Dec 2022 11:47:48 +1300 http://www.talkingmatters.org.nz/blog/#post95264 http://www.talkingmatters.org.nz/blog/post/94997/natural-born-einsteins/ Kōkako shows us how babies are born ready to communicate in all the languages of their whānau. In her home they share the taonga of te reo Māori, Quechuan (an indigenous language of Peru), Spanish and English.  Multilingualism supports neural connections as well as human ones. When we connect with our tūpuna and ancestral ties, our home languages connect us to each other and to our mother lands all over the world.... Thu, 01 Dec 2022 11:41:47 +1300 http://www.talkingmatters.org.nz/blog/#post94997 http://www.talkingmatters.org.nz/blog/post/66230/talking-matters--its-never-too-early-to-talk-with-your-baby/ Te Amio-whenua at almost-3 was living proof of the power of early talk. In this video, she and her whānau share their experience of applying the Talking Matters kaupapa in the first thousand days of a baby’s life.   Kō Te Amio-whenua tēnei, he tata tana pākeke ki te toru tau. Ko ia te tino tau mataaho o te mahi kōreroreo kī te pēpi i te&nb... Sat, 22 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.talkingmatters.org.nz/blog/#post66230